Remote Practice Operations Lead (Accounting)

Conductio Consulting (Pty) Ltd; Durbanville; Teletrabalho; ZAR 893 000 - 1 228 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Conductio Consulting (Pty) Ltd is seeking a hands‑on Practice Manager / Accounting Operations Manager to oversee day‑to‑day operations of a growing accounting practice in South Africa. You will take ownership, manage a ~5‑person team, and build systems to support scale, with a view to growing departments as the business expands.

The role requires CA(SA) or SAIPA experience, completed articles, and 5–10 years post-articles in professional services.

Qualificações

• Qualified CA(SA) or SAIPA Professional Accountant.
• Completed articles.
• Approximately 5–10 years' post-articles experience.
• Strong accounting practice or professional services experience.
• Proven experience managing and developing staff.
• Experience managing multiple clients, priorities and deadlines.
• Strong client-facing experience.
• Experience training, mentoring and developing employees.
• Strong understanding of accounting, taxation and compliance processes.
• Excellent organisational and operational management ability.
• Comfortable working remotely while maintaining high levels of accountability and performance.

Responsabilidades

• Take ownership of the day‑to‑day running of the accounting practice.
• Manage, lead and develop an existing team of approximately five employees.
• Recruit and build additional teams or departments as the business grows.
• Allocate work and manage team capacity and workflow.
• Ensure deadlines, client commitments and internal targets are consistently achieved.
• Implement and improve processes, workflows, controls and accountability.
• Train and develop employees to improve technical capability and performance.
• Monitor team and individual performance against agreed targets.
• Work directly with clients and take ownership of client queries and concerns.
• Deal confidently with escalated client matters and operational issues.
• Ensure work is accurate, complete and delivered on time.
• Identify bottlenecks and implement practical solutions.
• Improve systems and processes to make the practice more efficient and scalable.
• Take increasing responsibility for operational matters currently managed by the business owner.
• Support accounting, tax, payroll, company secretarial and related practice requirements where needed.
• Maintain appropriate quality, compliance and professional standards.
• Build a culture of ownership, accountability and delivery.

Conhecimentos

Staff management

Team development

Client facing

Operations planning

Process improvement

Formação académica

CA(SA)

SAIPA professional

Completed articles

Ferramentas

GreatSoft

Draftworx

Xero

Karbon

Dext

SimplePay

Sage Accounting / Sage One

SARS eFiling

CIPC

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Conductio Consulting (Pty) Ltd is seeking a hands‑on Practice Manager / Accounting Operations Manager to oversee day‑to‑day operations of a growing accounting practice in South Africa. You will take ownership, manage a ~5‑person team, and build systems to support scale, with a view to growing departments as the business expands.

The role requires CA(SA) or SAIPA experience, completed articles, and 5–10 years post-articles in professional services.